Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 19: Performing the Puḿsavana Ritualistic Ceremony |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.19.21
etena pūjā-vidhinā
māsān dvādaśa hāyanam
nītvāthoparamet sādhvī
kārtike carame 'hani
SYNONYMS
etena — with this; pūjā-vidhinā — regulated worship; māsān dvādaśa — twelve months; hāyanam — a year; nītvā — after passing; atha — then; uparamet — should fast; sādhvī — the chaste wife; kārtike — in Kārttika; carame ahani — on the final day.
TRANSLATION
The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Kārttika [October-November].
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